This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chalmers, Geddes, Raysor, Montgomery, Fishburne Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ncB.2ACE/1469.1 Message Board Post: .....Continued from Post #1 First Scots Presbyterian Church. Marcel Survey #2 ca. 1938 by Elizabeth Marcel Stone 1 ___________________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the memory Of Genl. John Geddes Who departed this life The 4th March 1828 Aged 51 years and 2 months Also of Mrs. Annie Geddes Wife of Genl. John Geddes Died 29th August 1806 Aged 17 years 4 months and 23 days. Harriet Geddes Only daughter of Genl. John & Harriett Geddes Died 11th October 1827. John Geddes, Jr. Eldest Son of Genl. John & Harriet Geddes Died 4th of March 1828 His remains lie beneath the Tomb Of Gilbert Chalmers At the N.W. Corner of this Square Elizabeth Sarah Anne Geddes Daughter of Gilbert C. and Caroline Geddes Died 22nd Oct. 1811 Aged 3 years and 12 days Stone 2_________________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the memory of Henry Geddes Who was borne in the County of Tyrone, Ireland Within a mile of Cookstown Landed in Charlestown, So. Ca. 24th Aug 1773 And died 18th Jany. 1819 Aged 76 years ALSO of Elizabeth Geddes His Wife Died the 10th. Aug 1811 Aged *59 years. Henry Geddes, Jr. Died the 18th Oct. 1812 Aged 31 years. Mrs. Ann Montgomery Died the 19th Feb 1825 Aged 4? Years. George Washington Geddes Died the 20th Oct. 1834 Aged 39 years B.R. Montgomery, M.D. Died at Key West **James Geddes Died the 20th Oct. 1836 *Marcel Survey typewritten reads Aged 59 years, earlier handwritten 1888 transcription clearly reads 39 years. **Marcel survey omits this last individual. Earlier 1888 transcription has a blank between Henry Geddes, Jr. with the notation in pencil of (also 2 others) then it continues with James Geddes. Stone 3 ________________________ GEDDES Sacred to the Memory Of Robert Geddes, Esq., Departed this life on the 29th day of June 1812 In the *58th year of his age ALSO Near him lie his two infant daughters Amelia Ann and Elizabeth Dunlap Geddes The former of whom died on the 30th of June 1803 Aged 2 months and 9 days The latter on the 12th July 1807 Aged 6 months and 13 days. (*The 1888 transcription clearly notes “in the 38th year”, while the 1932 Marcel survey is typewritten “in the 58th year”.) Stone 4 ______________________ CHALMERS Sacred to the memory of his beloved & Affectionate wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Chalmers, who died Jan. 17th 1820, age 31 yrs, and of his three infant children Ann Montgomery Chalmers - abt June 4th 1816; Et 1 year & 7 mo Henry James Chalmers, abt Aug 8th 1818, Et 1 yr & 20 days Caroline Geddes Chalmers, abt Dec 3, 1819, et 6 trs & 10 mo. This marble is erected by an afflicted husband & father. True to the love of their dear mothers breast. Her infants welcome and partake of her rest. The --? sweets near her cold bosom lie; May heaven renew them in a brighter sky. The following transcriptions are from “A Register of the Tombstones in the Cemetery of the First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C. Taken in the year 1888 by Committees Of Ladies of the Congregation At the insistence of the Pastor Rev. W. J. Thompson, D.D. and chronologically arranged and transcribed by him as herein found and presented to the church for future reference. Many graves have disappeared and their slabs with their inscriptions have been so broken or effaced as to be illegible. The Church at one time owned it’s hearse and team, and buried it’s dead in it’s own yard almost exclusively until the middle of this century. Stone 5 ___________________ 1805 CHALMERS The melancholy tribute of a Bereaved son To the memory of his departed Parents Gilbert and Sophia Chalmers Gilbert was born at *Loartgally, Scotland and died in Charleston in August 1805. Et 59 years He had resided in this City 37 years, was honest, useful and respected, the partner & founder of a numerous family. Sophia Chalmers his venerable widow attained the age Of 62 years and departed this life amid the tears of her offspring 1st January 1822 This stone is also inscribed by his surviving brother to the remains of David Chalmers Son of Gilbert and Sophia Chalmers, who died February 11th, 1820 Et. 29 years Thus death rega????? all this life had given And mortals pass away from earth to heaven. (*Loartgally is particularly hard to read and could be Loastgally, Loartigally, Loastigally, Loartrgally and other combinations. I did initial research but was unable to locate a place name in Scotland similar to this word)